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Units of Study

ICLS4013 - Int Comparative Literary Studies Hons C

Semester 1, 2013 | Credit Points: 12

Coordinator: Yasuko Claremont

Description

Refer to ICLS4011

Corequisites

ICLS4012

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Curriculum Overview

Undergraduate Units of Study in ICLS are offered on a rotating basis. One unit from each of the four thematic groups listed below is offered every year.

1. Great BooksICLS 2624: Great Books 1: The Human ConditionICLS 2636: Great Books 2: Innovations, InspirationsICLS 2622: Great Books 3: The Twentieth CenturyThese Units of Study introduce students to works of literature that have become canonical either through their particular treatment of the human condition, or because they are innovative or inspirational in some way. The twentieth century is treated separately as a particularly rich period in the world history of literary innovation.

2. Literature and SocietyICLS 2621: Love in Different LanguagesICLS 2633: Cities of the WorldICLS 2634: Literature and RevolutionThese Units of Study look at how questions of society, history, culture and politics have been framed within literature from different traditions at different periods of time. It looks at the mainstream and the marginal, the visionary and mythical and the terre à terre, stories of hope and stories of loss.

3. Literary Genres, Movements and StylesICLS 2626: Words and Pictures Across CulturesICLS 2631: Popular Fiction and CultureICLS 2635: Science Fiction: The Future is NowICLS 2637: Watching Stars: Films and the Star System

4. Theorising Literature Across CulturesThese units, while open to all Senior students enrolled in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, are designated "Special Entry" for intending Honours students, who must complete at least one of them for admission into fourth year.ICLS 3630: Comparative Sociology of LiteratureICLS 3631: Defining 'Literature' Crossculturally

These Units of Study explore particular aspects of literary production from an international and comparative perspective: techniques, genres and schools of thought. Some focus on a particular period in literary history or a particular movement while others traverse time and encompass a range of literary debates.